Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Media and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 4.25% or 4.30 points to trade at 105.50 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 3.95% or 3.30 points to end at 86.80 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 3.39% or 0.31 points to 9.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 5.12% or 1.64 points to trade at 30.42 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 4.50% or 0.22 points to end at 4.67 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 3.42% or 2.30 points to 65.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 205 and 196 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.56% or 0.29 to $51.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.54% or 0.33 to hit $60.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 10.00 to trade at $1218.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.02% to 4.2966, while USD/PLN rose 0.39% to 3.8075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.352.